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Orbital elements: 2013 LA Earth MOID = 0.0567 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 316.67392 (2000.0) P Q n 0.57770034 Peri. 212.41455 +0.17984831 +0.93836686 a 1.4278008 Node 69.44068 -0.82188794 +0.30821469 e 0.2725329 Incl. 18.37547 -0.54051346 -0.15643318 P 1.71 H 24.7 G 0...

Only five hours after the transit of Venus on June 4, 1769, there was a total solar eclipse. Title: Observation of a Solar Eclipse the 4th of June, 1769, at the Observatory at Austhorpe, Near Leeds, in the County of York. by J. Smeaton, F. R. S. Authors: Smeaton, J. N. B. The beginning and end of the eclips...

Earliest known winery found in Armenian cave The earliest known winery has been uncovered in a cave in the mountains of Armenia. A vat to press the grapes, fermentation jars and even a cup and drinking bowl dating to about 6,000 years ago were discovered in the Areni-1 cave complex by an international...

The Kakangari (K3) meteorite fell in Tamil Nadu, India, on the 4th June, 1890. A total mass of 350 g was recovered. 12° 23'N, 78° 31'E

The Pontlyfni (Winonaite) meteorite fell in Wales, UK, on the 14th April, 1931. A total mass of 157 g was recovered. 53° 2' 11"N, 4° 19' 10"W

EKU given meteorite found in cow pasture in the 1930s On Thursday, the Lewis family formally announced that the meteorite found in a cow pasture near Tazewell, Tenn., in the 1930s is now the property of Eastern Kentucky University. It will eventually go on display in the new Sciences building. [url=...

The Sharps (H3.4) meteorite fell in Virginia, USA, on the 1st April, 1921. A total mass of 1.265 kg was recovered. 37° 50'N, 76° 42'W

A solar eclipse took place on 3 June 1239, visible from many parts of Europe. This was documented in Coimbra, Toledo, Montpellier, Marola, Florence, Siena, Arezzo, Cesena and Split. Accounts of the duration vary considerably, from Cesena (one hour), to Coimbra (three hours) and Florence ('sever...

On June 3, 1769, British navigator, Captain James Cook, British astronomer Charles Green and Swedish naturalist Daniel Solander observed and recorded the transit of Venus on the island of Tahiti during Cook's first voyage around the world. During a transit, Venus appears as a small black disc tra...

June 3-5, 2013 Omni Interlocken Resort Broomfield, CO http://nsrc.swri.org/

Title: The Burst Cluster: Dark Matter in a Cluster Merger Associated with the Short Gamma Ray Burst, GRB 050509B Authors: Hakon Dahle, Craig L. Sarazin, Laura A. Lopez, Chryssa Kouveliotou, Sandeep K. Patel, Evert Rol, Alexander J. van der Horst, Johan P. Fynbo, Ralph A. M. J. Wijers, David N. Burro...

Title: Suzaku observations of the low surface brightness cluster A76 Authors: N. Ota, Y. Fujino, Y. Ibaraki, H. Boehringer, G. Chon Context: We present results of Suzaku observations of a nearby galaxy cluster A76 at z=0.0395. This cluster is characterised by extremely low X-ray surface brightn...

Orbital elements: 2013 LB Earth MOID = 0.0123 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 48.28726 (2000.0) P Q n 0.83639603 Peri. 110.31467 -0.59267982 -0.80537204 a 1.1156503 Node 16.04560 +0.72434839 -0.53856928 e 0.3384124 Incl. 2.13975 +0.35220738 -0.24762674 P 1.18 H 22.7 G 0.1...

Orbital elements: 2013 KM6 Earth MOID = 0.1194 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 354.40180 (2000.0) P Q n 0.20198237 Peri. 355.81497 -0.54175657 +0.78033694 a 2.8769153 Node 241.09460 -0.76044791 -0.61335218 e 0.6070387 Incl. 20.90514 -0.35807653 +0.12195639 P 4.88 H 22.3...

Orbital elements: 2013 KJ6 Earth MOID = 0.0932 AU Epoch 2013 Apr. 18.0 TT = JDT 2456400.5 MPC M 90.15657 (2000.0) P Q n 1.31887813 Peri. 235.70193 +0.06216474 -0.98018826 a 0.8235051 Node 212.35161 +0.99159508 +0.08207676 e 0.2448363 Incl. 20.57537 +0.11346690 -0.18026200 P 0.75 H 20.1 G...